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TLDR: – Morgan Higgins, a principal at Blue Delta Capital Partners, has been promoted to partner at the venture capital firm. – Higgins has experience in middle market banking and portfolio management,

London-based functional mushroom brand, Spacegoods, has raised €2.9 million in a seed funding round led by Five Seasons Ventures. Other participants in the round included Redrice Ventures, Slingshot Ventures, and G-FUND. The

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TLDR: European venture capital firm Earlybird has closed a €173 million healthcare fund to support European healthcare companies. The fund will target companies across digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, R&D tools, and

TLDR: Motif Neurotech, a startup founded by Rice professor Jacob Robinson, has secured $18.75 million in Series A funding from venture capital investors. The startup aims to commercialize a brain stimulator device

TLDR: – Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) has reached deals with five major venture capital firms, allowing Queensland start-ups to access up to $200 million in new matched funding. – The

TLDR: – The Queensland government has allocated $130 million from the Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) to five venture capital firms – Corporate training tech unicorn Go1, workplace software unicorn SafetyCulture,

A new impact report from Big Society Capital reveals that the UK social investment market has experienced strong growth since 2012. Big Society Capital has channelled £2.6bn of investment to over 3,500

TLDR: British Patient Capital has allocated €20mn to Earlybird Health II, the second healthcare fund of Earlybird Health. The investment supports British Patient Capital’s mandate to catalyse more private sector investment into

TLDR: Boat Planet, a St. Louis-based marketplace for the boat repair and maintenance industry, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by 46VC, with participation from Ascend Venture